Intention. Sports companies that specialize in making clothing for sports like Nike create and develop clothing that are helpful for athletes. People don’t buy Nike because it’s some Greek Goddess. People buy it either because they like the design, or they see Lebron James wearing it, or they just bought it because they like Nike’s products. If you ask the majority of people who wear Nike if they knew it was a Greek Goddess, what do you think the answer would be? Especially in America, most people don’t even know what year the American revolution started.
Allah knows best. InshaAllah I did not say anything wrong or hurtful. I agree to disagree.
Even Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen spoke against it as shown in the link I posted above. Surely his word carries more weight than what you and I “think”.
its like the video of Sami Yusuf on youtube in his interview with cnn where he says that music is above fiqh or islamic jurisprudence
Aouthibillah…..it seems every muslim these days is following their own brand of islam….passing out fatwas based on what they think or what they feel
You are free to disagree of course, but do not do so merely based on your own reasoning….especially not when so many people look upto you and do as you do…for better or worse you are a public figure…what you say in this blog even if its personal opinions is read by others and implemented
After-all, you are someone that used to promote hip hop music (in your previous blog) and all its vulgarity before you repented by Allahs Will
So please let neither of us go merely by our own reasoning
But think about it…..what if there was clothing with the names Iblees, Shaytan, Abu Lahab, or al-lat on it?
Would you wear it?
How about soccer shirts that have the names of beer companies on it. Would you wear those? Does intention also come in to play when wearing a tshirt that says “budweiser” on it
As muslims we know that promoting a sin (or a company that “sells” a haram product) is as bad as doing the sin.
Yes…many people may not know about the name Nike, but you do.
Mashallah you are someone who has a big following…..you are someone who people look upto.
Do you realize by promoting Nike, you are knowingly telling people its ok to wear something that has the name and symbol of a false god on it
I truly feel that if after knowing what nike means and I wore it, then I wouldn’t be Honoring Allahs Oneness and His Glory like He deserves.
What would the prophet do? Would he wear it
We both know he wouldnt even go near it. We should be the same…we shouldnt even go near any haram
I dont want to be a banner by wearing a shirt that has the word or symbol that is attached to shirk
We dont want to be like those people whom the Quran describes as “following their own desires”
And I know that you merely wanted to show that Nike is becoming more muslim oriented by showing that advert….
Forgive me if I have offended you…and you dont have to publish this if you dont want to…this was meant mainly for you….mainly because I care about you
I basically said that while I see why certain more conservative scholars would disapprove of wearing this symbol, there should be a level of what I would call ‘practical reality’ involved. The Nike symbol, regardless of whether it is the actual symbol or modified, really has absolutely no religious significance to any living religious system. No one – and I mean no one – wears this symbol in order to show dedication or servitude to a goddess. It was just a cool symbol that the founder wished to use; even he does not believe in it. This is different from a cross, swastika, or any other religious symbol that actually has significance in the eyes of those who see it, and also (many times) for those who wear it.
If we were to start ‘reading in’ holy symbols to the icons and structres around us, I think we could really succeed in making life difficult, but I don’t think we would have come any closer to Allah in the process.
Again, to summarize, the issue is the fact that such a symbol has absolutley no religious significance whatsoever in our times. To ‘read in’ such a significance and link it to a dead religion two thousand years old does have some slight merit (since the founder did intentionally choose such a symbol), but not enough, in my humble opinion, to make it haraam. If someone wants to avoid it out of personal piety, that’s great, but to pronounce it as being unequivocally impermissible does not seem to be warranted.
Aug 16, 2012 @ 23:24:00
We definitely need to rethink some things, as the ad suggests.
Would you wear any clothing that had the word shaytan or iblees on it?
Would you wear any clothing that had the names of pre-Islamic pagan Arab false gods such as al-lat or al-uzza?
Well did you know that Nike was the name of the greek goddes of victory?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)
Perhaps we should stop wearing nike apparel
Here is what Sheikh Munajid had to say about this
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/114631/nike
Aug 17, 2012 @ 14:30:17
Intention. Sports companies that specialize in making clothing for sports like Nike create and develop clothing that are helpful for athletes. People don’t buy Nike because it’s some Greek Goddess. People buy it either because they like the design, or they see Lebron James wearing it, or they just bought it because they like Nike’s products. If you ask the majority of people who wear Nike if they knew it was a Greek Goddess, what do you think the answer would be? Especially in America, most people don’t even know what year the American revolution started.
Allah knows best. InshaAllah I did not say anything wrong or hurtful. I agree to disagree.
Aug 19, 2012 @ 23:20:03
Eid Mubarak btw
Thanks for the reply. Yes Intention is important…it comes into play when we are not aware of something….but you are aware of what nike means….
In your previous posts, you have warned us of the ill effects of the food we consume…and i agree with you
but we can say that peoples intentions arent bad when they are guzzling the 16oz of Cola…so its not all about intentions, is it mate?
We need to ask ourselves the following questions:
1) “What would the Prophet Do?”
2) What does Islam say about this?
This is not about what you and I think. The scholars have clearly said that it should be avoided
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/114631/nike
Even Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen spoke against it as shown in the link I posted above. Surely his word carries more weight than what you and I “think”.
its like the video of Sami Yusuf on youtube in his interview with cnn where he says that music is above fiqh or islamic jurisprudence
Aouthibillah…..it seems every muslim these days is following their own brand of islam….passing out fatwas based on what they think or what they feel
You are free to disagree of course, but do not do so merely based on your own reasoning….especially not when so many people look upto you and do as you do…for better or worse you are a public figure…what you say in this blog even if its personal opinions is read by others and implemented
After-all, you are someone that used to promote hip hop music (in your previous blog) and all its vulgarity before you repented by Allahs Will
So please let neither of us go merely by our own reasoning
But think about it…..what if there was clothing with the names Iblees, Shaytan, Abu Lahab, or al-lat on it?
Would you wear it?
How about soccer shirts that have the names of beer companies on it. Would you wear those? Does intention also come in to play when wearing a tshirt that says “budweiser” on it
As muslims we know that promoting a sin (or a company that “sells” a haram product) is as bad as doing the sin.
Yes…many people may not know about the name Nike, but you do.
Mashallah you are someone who has a big following…..you are someone who people look upto.
Do you realize by promoting Nike, you are knowingly telling people its ok to wear something that has the name and symbol of a false god on it
I truly feel that if after knowing what nike means and I wore it, then I wouldn’t be Honoring Allahs Oneness and His Glory like He deserves.
What would the prophet do? Would he wear it
We both know he wouldnt even go near it. We should be the same…we shouldnt even go near any haram
I dont want to be a banner by wearing a shirt that has the word or symbol that is attached to shirk
We dont want to be like those people whom the Quran describes as “following their own desires”
And I know that you merely wanted to show that Nike is becoming more muslim oriented by showing that advert….
Forgive me if I have offended you…and you dont have to publish this if you dont want to…this was meant mainly for you….mainly because I care about you
Allah Knows best
Aug 20, 2012 @ 10:24:01
To quote Shaykh Yasir Qadhi:
Source: AlMaghrib Forums
Aug 20, 2012 @ 17:31:24
Jazakallah khair for providing another point of view
Sep 05, 2012 @ 17:18:07
Islamophobes will never stand a chance when corporations want to devour the Muslim Consumer